Summary
Route 15 is 79 kilometres (49 mi) long and is in the southeastern corner of the province of New Brunswick. Starting at the north end of the Petitcodiac River Causeway, it loops around the city of Moncton on Wheeler Boulevard, then turns northeast from Dieppe to Shediac. From there, it turns east and bypasses Cap-Pelé crossing the Scoudouc River, then southeast to meet the Trans-Canada Highway at Port Elgin. The highway is a divided freeway from Moncton to just east of Shediac, where it remains a controlled-access highway until east of Cap-Pele.
Route 15 | ||||
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 Route 15 highlighted in red. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation | ||||
| Length | 79.0 km[1] (49.1 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1920s–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   Route 106 / Route 114 in Moncton | |||
  Route 2 (TCH) / Route 11 in Dieppe Route 11 in Shediac | ||||
| East end |   Route 16 (TCH) / Route 970 in Strait Shores | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | New Brunswick | |||
| Major cities | Moncton, Dieppe, Shediac, Cap-Pelé | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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History edit
Route 15 only extended from Shediac to Strait Shores until the early 1970s, when the Shediac Four-Lane Highway (the first rural expressway in New Brunswick) was built from Dieppe to Shediac. Its construction was controversial, with critics alleging that it was only built to give Moncton-area politicians better access to their summer cottages in the Shediac area[citation needed]. A two-lane bypass of Shediac itself was built shortly afterward.
The Wheeler Boulevard was developed and constructed through the 1970s and 1980s, and was fully complete by 1989.
A two-lane bypass of Cap-Pele opened to traffic in 1998.[citation needed]
In 2012, a section of this highway between Moncton and Shediac was designated "Veteran's Memorial Highway".[2]
Major intersections edit
The entire route is in Westmorland County.
| Location | km[3] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Moncton | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 106 (Salisbury Road / Main Street) – Moncton Centre, Salisbury Route 114 west (Causeway Boulevard) – Riverview, Fundy National Park | Roundabout; eastern terminus of Route 114 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.19 | 0 | Baig Boulevard | At-grade intersection; no access from Baig Boulevard to eastbound Route 15 | ||
| Western end of freeway | ||||||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | 1 | St. George Boulevard | |||
| 3.0 | 1.9 | 3 |  Route 128 (Killam Drive) to Route 2 (TCH) west – Fredericton, Saint John | |||
| 5.4 | 3.4 | 5 |  Route 126 (Mountain Road) – Magnetic Hill | No direct access from westbound Route 15 to southbound Route 126 | ||
| 6.1 | 3.8 | 6 | Mapleton Road | No access to westbound Route 15; westbound access to southbound Mountain Road (Route 126) | ||
| 9.0 | 5.6 | 7 | Morton Avenue / Connaught Avenue – Université de Moncton | |||
| 9.9 | 6.2 | 8 | Université Avenue – Université de Moncton | |||
| Eastern end of freeway | ||||||
| 10.6 | 6.6 |  Route 134 (Lewisville Road / Botsford Street) | ||||
| Moncton Dieppe | 11.3– 11.8 | 7.0– 7.3 | Route 106 (Main Street) to Route 134 – Dieppe | Roundabout | ||
| Western end of freeway | ||||||
| 12.2 | 7.6 | 10 | Paul Street | |||
| 14.5 | 9.0 | 14 | Industrial Street | Eastbound exit only | ||
| 16.3 | 10.1 | 16 |  To Route 134 / Harrisville Boulevard / Dieppe Boulevard – Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | |||
| 18.0 | 11.2 | 17 | Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | Eastbound exit and entrance | ||
| 19.4 | 12.1 | 19 | Route 2 (TCH) / Route 11 begins – Sackville, Nova Scotia, Saint John, Fredericton | Signed as exits 19A (east) and 19B (west); Route 2 exit 467; Route 11 southern terminus; west end of Route 11 concurrency | ||
| Scoudouc | 26.7 | 16.6 | 26 | Industrial Drive | ||
| Shediac | 31.0 | 19.3 | - | Route 11 north – Shediac, Kouchibouguac National Park, Miramichi | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; east end of Route 11 concurrency; Route 11 exit 0 (unsigned) | |
| 32.2 | 20.0 | 31 |   Route 132 to Route 11 north / Route 133 – Scoudouc, Shediac, Kouchibouguac National Park, Miramichi | Eastbound access to Route 11 | ||
| 37.6 | 23.4 | 37 |  Route 140 north / Line Road – Shediac, Parlee Beach | Southern terminus of Route 140 | ||
| Grand-Barachois | 43.4 | 27.0 | 43 |  Route 933 to Route 133 – Haute Aboujagane, Grand-Barachois | ||
| Robichaud | 46.0 | 28.6 | 46 | To Route 133 – Cormier Village, Grand-Barachois | ||
| Cap-Pelé | 52.6 | 32.7 | 53 |   Route 950 to Route 133 / Route 945 – Cap-Pelé, St-André-LeBlanc | ||
| Eastern end of freeway | ||||||
| 57.1 | 35.5 | Route 133 west (Acadie Road) | Eastern terminus of Route 133 | |||
| Shemogue | 64.2 | 39.9 |  Route 940 south – Sackville | Northern terminus of Route 940 | ||
| 64.8 | 40.3 | Route 950 west – Petit-Cap | Eastern terminus of Route 950 | |||
| Mates Corner | 69.0 | 42.9 |  Route 955 east – Murray Corner | Western terminus of Route 955 | ||
| Strait Shores | 78.8 | 49.0 | Route 16 (TCH) – Sackville, Amherst, Prince Edward Island Route 970 south (Shemogue Road) – Strait Shores, Baie Verte | Roundabout; Route 16 exit 25 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
- ^ Highway of Heroes planned for New Brunswick, Highway Renaming for Veterans.
- ^ Google (July 9, 2014). "New Brunswick Route 15" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 9, 2014.